SABIC appoints group to oversee decommission of 10 petchem plants
Work is underway to clear a suite of redundant assets in the North East of England, in one of the UK’s largest projects of its kind.
Petrochemical firm SABIC has appointed specialist consultancy RVA Group to oversee the decommissioning, demolition and dismantling of 10 plants at its North Tees and Wilton sites.
With work having already commenced in the two locations, the multi-million pound program is expected to be completed in 2020.
The more immediate program involves the demolition of a Jetty, which will begin at the end of July and be cleared in eight weeks. Continued decommissioning support is being provided for a tank farm complex and RVA is also finalizing the contractor selection process for the demolition of two Aromatics plants, with a proposed mobilization date of January 2018.
Elsewhere in Wilton, the 48-week demolition of SABIC’s Olefins 5 Furnaces and neighboring Butadiene 2 facility is already in progress and expected to be completed by the spring of 2018 and the close of 2017 respectively.
“With the two-year upgrade of our cracker plant now complete, this current multi-million pound clean-up signals the latest chapter in the creation of safe, efficient and state-of-the-art facilities that are fit for the future,” said Daren Smith, Site Director (acting).
Whilst RVA is no stranger to projects of this scale—having overseen the three largest decommissioning and dismantling projects ever executed on Jurong Island, Singapore, for instance—this is the biggest assignment the team has seen undertaken in the UK.
RVA was appointed via competitive tender to act as the decommissioning consultant, project management resource and CDM Principal Designer, for this latest phase of the project.
Six RVA personnel have a full-time presence on the two sites, with visiting roles from three additional senior managers. The collaborative assignment is also being carried out in conjunction with SABIC’s own project management team, plus surveyors, dismantling and demolition contractors who are being independently appointed via tender for each individual phase of work.
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